David Nichols is a quality assurance manager at one of the ABC Company's manufacturing plants. His job requires him to head up the plant's quality committee. This committee has recently become critical of the job being done by the instrumentation lab, a department that reports to David. His need to deal with the committee's criticism of the lab and his management role at the lab may generate stress that would be due to ________.

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The situation described involves a conflict between David's role as the head of the quality committee and his role as the manager of the instrumentation lab. This is an example of role conflict, which can lead to stress. The other options (B, C, D) do not accurately describe the situation presented.

David Nichols Is a Quality Assurance Manager at One of the ABC